jig · Key of Gm

the Smile of Nancy Barlow

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "the Smile of Nancy Barlow"the Smile of Nancy Barlow530550105303053035135105303055535551310501053050550105303055553055033501503530351351053030555Book: O'Neill's 297Notes:"Lively""Collected by Ennis"

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X: 297
T: the Smile of Nancy Barlow
B: O'Neill's 297
N: "Lively"
N: "Collected by Ennis"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K:Gm
G/F/ \
| (D2G) (G2A) | B3 (A2G) | (F2A) (c2A) | (G2F) D2c \
| (d2f) (c2d) | B3 (A2G) | (F2A) (c2A) | G2G G2 ||
|| c \
| d2d (d2B) | c3 (f2A) | (G2A) (B2A) | (GF2) D2C \
| (D2G) (G2A) | B3 (A2G) | (F2A) (c2A) | G2G G2(G/F/) ||
|| (D2G) (G2A) | F3 FGA | (B2G) (A2F) | (G2F) D2c \
| (d2f) (c2d) | B3 (A2G) | (F2A) (c2A) | G2G G2 ||
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Questions about the Smile of Nancy Barlow

  • the Smile of Nancy Barlow is in Gm, in 6/8 time. The G minor scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Very easy. 100% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 5.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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